Add const to bin_attribute structures as they are only passed to the functions sysfs_{remove/create}_bin_file. The arguments passed are of type const, so declare the structures to be const. Done using Coccinelle. @m disable optional_qualifier@ identifier s; position p; @@ static struct bin_attribute s@p={...}; @okay1@ position p; identifier m.s; @@ ( sysfs_create_bin_file(...,&s@p,...) | sysfs_remove_bin_file(...,&s@p,...) ) @bad@ position p!={m.p,okay1.p}; identifier m.s; @@ s@p @change depends on !bad disable optional_qualifier@ identifier m.s; @@ static +const struct bin_attribute s={...}; Signed-off-by: Bhumika Goyal <bhumirks@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_sysfs.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_sysfs.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_sysfs.c index fe4cf5e..ca2638d 100644 --- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_sysfs.c +++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_sysfs.c @@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ static void qib_port_release(struct kobject *kobj) .release = qib_port_release, }; -static struct bin_attribute cc_table_bin_attr = { +static const struct bin_attribute cc_table_bin_attr = { .attr = {.name = "cc_table_bin", .mode = 0444}, .read = read_cc_table_bin, .size = PAGE_SIZE, @@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ static ssize_t read_cc_setting_bin(struct file *filp, struct kobject *kobj, return count; } -static struct bin_attribute cc_setting_bin_attr = { +static const struct bin_attribute cc_setting_bin_attr = { .attr = {.name = "cc_settings_bin", .mode = 0444}, .read = read_cc_setting_bin, .size = PAGE_SIZE, -- 1.9.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-rdma" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html